Emulsions
Emulsions
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would you have a good article or reference to emulsions 101?
i'd like to understand how they are formed and the basics.
i have had experience with emulsions created in slop tanks. the emulsion had a viscosity of 10,000 cP, if i recall correctly.
are emulsions even pumpable, with that kind of viscosity?
i'd like to understand how they are formed and the basics.
i have had experience with emulsions created in slop tanks. the emulsion had a viscosity of 10,000 cP, if i recall correctly.
are emulsions even pumpable, with that kind of viscosity?





RE: Emulsions
Sorry, I don't know a single good reference solely on emulsions. I'd look for a rheology referemce and an emulsion polymerization referemce and a mixing reference. They should have something on it. Remember, Google is your friend.
Good luck,
Latexman
RE: Emulsions
Try Evans and Wennerström The Colloidal Domain where physics, chemistry, biology and technology meet, VCH
RE: Emulsions
ps. about the "search google" reply...do you think i was born yesterday?
RE: Emulsions
I don't have experience with slop oil tank emulsions but would guess the high viscosity you recall was actually caused by some of the material that was sent to the tank or some decomposition process.
RE: Emulsions
Chapter six in James Y. Oldsue's Fluid Mixing Technology is titled Liquid-Liquid Emulsions. It covers some of the basics like particle size distribution, which phase is dispersed and which is continuous, the importance of impeller shear stress, stability, dispersion criteria, and scale-up.
Even Albert Einstein did some viscosity work that is pertinent to emulsions and dispersion!
Good luck,
Latexman
RE: Emulsions